Device for removing snarls, kinks, slacks, &amp;c., from yarn and thread.



J. 1". LODGE. v DEVICE FOR REMOVING SNARLS, KINKS, BLACKS, 620., FROM YARN AND THREAD.

APPLICATION FILED SBPT.16, 1909.

988,362, Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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ITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FRIEND LODGE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR REMOVING SNARLS, KINKS, SLACKS, 8a)., FROM YARN AND THREAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

Application filed September 16, 1909. Serial No. 517,964.

My invention consists of a device adapted to remove snarls, kinks, slacks, etc. from yarn and thread, as will be hereinafter set forth.

For the purpose of explaining the invention, the accompanying drawing illustrates a satisfactory reduction of the same to practice, but the important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the specific arrangement and organization shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a device for removing snarls, kinks, slacks, etc. from yarn and thread embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation plate or member,

of a portion of the same on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of a portion on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 represents a partial plan view and partial horizontal section of a detached portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawing: A designates a on which cops or bobbins of yarn or thread are supported. Rising from said plate and firmly secured thereto, is the standard B, on the upper end of which is sustained the head C and spreader D, the latter being disk-shaped formed of a plate having a rounded edge, said plate resting on the former, said end of the standard being threaded for the engagement of the nuts E, E, which are adapted to be screwed respectively against said head and cap and retain the same in firm position on said standard while providing means for adjusting the distance the yarn or thread is to be run off from the cops or bobbins.

Extending laterally from and secured to the head C, are the arms F, whose outer ends are bent angularly forming fingers G, which are in pairs, the outer limb members of which project in opposite directions and are set preferably at an inclination to the vertical direction of said head, it being noticed also that said fingers are located approximately under the periphery of the spreader D. Such inclination is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

It will be seen that the yarn or thread as drawn from the cops or bobbins is passed around over the bend or angle of one of the fingers of a pair and then under the bend or angle of the other finger of the pair, and so subjected to a double frictional or rubbing action so as to be divested or relieved of snarls, kinks, slacks, and the like.

Owing to the fingers G, the yarn or thread is prevented from outward disengagement from the arms F, while the spreader D prevents the yarn or thread from running inwardly and being carried against the head C and fouling therewith or winding on the same.

When the yarn or thread reaches the spreader, it runs upwardly on the rounded edge of the same with smoothness and little friction and from thence is conducted to a reel for well known purposes.

The fingers G are arranged back to back on the head with their free ends extending outwardly in opposite directions so that the yarn or thread will not disengage itself from the bends of the fingers, the overhanging spreader on the head serving to keep the yarn or thread on the bends of the fingers. The periphery of said spreader is so rounded that as the yarn or thread reaches the same, it passes on its way to a reel, running on said periphery smoothly and with reduced friction and without liability to disengage from said fingers owing to the spreader having its periphery beyond said fingers so that the yarn or thread extends obliquely outwardly from the fingers to the periphery of said spreader, thus keeping the yarn or thread on the bends or angles of the fingers.

The device will be found admirably adapted for re-doubling purposes.

It will be noted upon reference to Fig. 3 that the spreader D has an outwardly and downwardly extended peripheral flange which is formed upon curved lines and that the yarn or thread contacts with such rounded edge and that there are no yarn guiding eyes on said spreader to draw the thread inward at an angle to said edge, the proper tension being given to the yarn or thread by its passage through the arms F and over the edge of the spreader.

and extended laterally beyond the same, 15

means for adjustment of said head and spreader on said standard, and angular arms each independent of the other, said arms extending laterally from said head beneath said spreader, the outer limbs of said arms 20 extending in opposite directions and inclined from the perpendicular and having their angles adjacent to each other, back to back.

JOHN FRIEND LODGE. l/Vitnesses JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, HARRY C. DALTON.

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